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Bacon hogs the spotlight in election debates, but reasons for its sizzling inflation are complex

By DEE-ANN DURBIN
Oct 10, 2024 3:53 pm - Prices for bacon are always volatile. Among other things, they're subject to weather, animal disease, feed costs, seasonal demand and, according to Harris and other critics, some price gouging by giant food conglomerates.
TD Bank to pay $3 billion in historic money-laundering settlement with the Justice Department

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Oct 10, 2024 3:48 pm - WASHINGTON — TD Bank will pay approximately $3 billion in a historic settlement with U.S. authorities who said Thursday that the financial institution's lax practices all...
An Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza kills at least 27 people

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY
Oct 10, 2024 11:32 am - An Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip killed at least 27 people on Thursday, Palestinian medical officials said. The Israeli military said it targeted militants, but people sheltering there said the strike hit a meeting of aid workers.
US inflation reaches lowest point since February 2021, though some price pressures remain

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Oct 10, 2024 8:29 am - Inflation in the United States dropped last month to its lowest point since it first began surging more than three years ago, adding to a spate of encouraging economic news in the closing weeks of the presidential race.
Milton knocks out power to millions and spawns tornadoes across Florida. At least 5 dead

By TERRY SPENCER and KATE PAYNE
Oct 10, 2024 6:20 am - Florida residents returned to the familiar ritual of assessing hurricane damage Thursday, the day after Milton smashed through many coastal communities and spawned a barrage of tornadoes that killed at least five people less than two weeks after the misery wrought by Helene.
Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida as a Category 3 storm

By TERRY SPENCER and KATE PAYNE
Oct 09, 2024 8:00 pm - TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Milton hurled rain, tornadoes and tropical storm-force winds at the U.S. coast Wednesday as time ran out for Florida residents to evacuate fr...
Social Security’s scheduled cost of living increase ‘won’t make a dent’ for some retirees

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Oct 09, 2024 12:02 pm - The Social Security Administration makes the official COLA announcement Thursday, and analysts predicted in advance it would be 2.5% for 2025.
How Waffle House helps Southerners — and FEMA — judge a storm's severity

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
Oct 09, 2024 8:54 am - Golden hashbrowns, gravy-smothered biscuits and crispy waffles with a hearty helping of maple syrup are among the classic Southern comfort foods. But when hurricanes tear through Southeastern towns, the hot meals and bold yellow signs of the local Waffle House provide another kind of comfort.
American Water cyberattack renews focus on protecting critical infrastructure

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI
Oct 09, 2024 8:50 am - A cyberattack continues to affect the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States, renewing a focus on the importance of protecting critical infrastructure sites.
Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to 3 scientists for work on proteins, building blocks of life

By DANIEL NIEMANN and MIKE CORDER
Oct 09, 2024 7:08 am - The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to three scientists for their breakthrough work predicting and even designing the structure of proteins, the building blocks of life.

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